Incest: the unknowable trauma.
There are incest victims for whom the trauma is unknowable. It is held sequestered in their minds and not available to consciousness. The price to the victim is a group of recognizable signs, symptoms, behaviors, and deficits, some of which threaten the professionalism of the physician/patient relationship. They are described in detail here so that they can be recognized and the correct diagnosis can be made.
Bernstein
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Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City.
D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations